PHOTOS: Gas filling station explodes in Rivers
About five Persons reportedly sustained injuries after cooking gas section of the Nobpet Filling Station opposite the Air Force junction in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, gutted fire on Friday. Daily Trust gathered that the fire incident also destroyed over eight vehicles parked near the neighbouring Ebonyi State Transport Corporation office. It was learnt that it […]
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About five Persons reportedly sustained injuries after cooking gas section of the Nobpet Filling Station opposite the Air Force junction in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, gutted fire on Friday.
Daily Trust gathered that the fire incident also destroyed over eight vehicles parked near the neighbouring Ebonyi State Transport Corporation office.
It was learnt that it took a joint effort by the Rivers State Fire Service and the Nigerian Air Force Fire Service to bring the inferno under control.
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One of the victims, who is a commercial driver, Emmanuel Ninyaegwu, told newsmen that his 18-seater bus was destroyed in the fire.
He said he and his pregnant wife narrowly escaped from the blast.
He said: “I was getting ready to load my vehicle (from Port Harcourt to Ebonyi State). This is where we stay. As I was opening my car boot, I heard the sound of fire.
“I fell down, got up, and ran just before it blew. It damaged my vehicle. Some people got injured, including me, by God’s grace nobody died.
“Some people who got injured have been taken to the hospital. There was an ambulance that came in from the Air Force. They treated some people, but they took some to the hospital.
“Fire Service came; but their water got finished. Help came from the Air Force, and that was when they put out the fire. Before the fire service came, the people around tried to put out the fire, but they couldn’t because it was too much and everyone was running for their lives.”
Another victim, Anthony Ofoke, the supervisor of Ebonyi State Transport Corporation in Rivers State, said two of his vehicles were destroyed.
Police Spokesperson in Rivers State, SP Grace Iringe-Koko, who confirmed the incident, said investigation was ongoing to unravel the cause of the incident.
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